wails exe not opening on windows

[riyanswat]

Description

When I run wails dev, it works fine but when I run wails build and it generates the exe, it just won't even open. I've been trying it for a week. I changed the project structure but still facing the same issue. Here's the source code: https://github.com/riyanswat/wails_pos

(It was actually a password manager... everything is still the same as that but I generated a new wails project and copied the code over to this project.)

When I generate the wails boilerplate code and make an exe out of it using wails build, it works fine but when I add the code, it just won't open.

To Reproduce

Run wails build and try to run the executable in build/bin

Expected behaviour

It should work the same as it does in dev mode (wails dev)

Screenshots

No response

Attempted Fixes

• I changed the project structure.
• generated a new wails boilerplate using wails init and copied the code but it won't work.
• ran wails build with -debug and -windowsconsole but didn't work
• uninstalled and reinstalled wails, node/npm, Go

System Details

e:\wails_pos\POS>wails doctor


          Wails Doctor



# Wails
Version | v2.7.0

# System
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| OS           | Windows 10 Pro                                                       |
| Version      | 2009 (Build: 19045)                                                  |
| ID           | 22H2                                                                 |
| Go Version   | go1.21.2                                                             |
| Platform     | windows                                                              |
| Architecture | amd64                                                                |
| CPU          | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz                             |
| GPU          | Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 (Intel Corporation) - Driver: 9.17.10.4459 |
| Memory       | 6GB                                                                  |
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

# Dependencies
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| Dependency | Package Name | Status    | Version       |
| WebView2   | N/A          | Installed | 120.0.2210.91 |
| Nodejs     | N/A          | Installed | 21.4.0        |
| npm        | N/A          | Installed | 10.2.4        |
| *upx       | N/A          | Available |               |
| *nsis      | N/A          | Available |               |
└─────────────── * - Optional Dependency ───────────────┘

# Diagnosis
Optional package(s) installation details:
  - upx : Available at https://upx.github.io/
  - nsis : More info at https://wails.io/docs/guides/windows-installer/

 SUCCESS  Your system is ready for Wails development!

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Additional context

When I run wails build on the boilerplate (auto generated) code and run the exe, it works fine. Also, in dev mode, my app works as expected but the issue is with the exe file.

[leaanthony]

main.go:13 - you removed the embed comment so Go isn't embedding your files

https://pkg.go.dev/embed

[riyanswat]

main.go:13 - you removed the embed comment so Go isn't embedding your files

https://pkg.go.dev/embed

Thanks! It worked. I had deleted this comment, thinking it was unnecessary: //go:embed frontend/dist